diff --git a/sdk/src/LocalMedia.test.ts b/sdk/src/LocalMedia.test.ts
index 25f8b9b70..f61be6716 100644
--- a/sdk/src/LocalMedia.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/LocalMedia.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ describe("createLocalMedia", () => {
     media.release("camera");
     expect(trackBehind(camera).stop).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(media.tracks$.value).toEqual([microphone]);
+    expect(media.requests.map((r) => r.source)).toEqual(["microphone"]);
 
     media.stop();
     expect(trackBehind(microphone).stop).toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/sdk/src/LocalMedia.ts b/sdk/src/LocalMedia.ts
index 1bb934c3d..7825566ad 100644
--- a/sdk/src/LocalMedia.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/LocalMedia.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export function createLocalMedia(
     if (source !== "microphone" && source !== "camera") return;
     capturedTracks.get(source)?.stop();
     capturedTracks.delete(source);
+    requests.delete(source);
     publishCapturedTracks();
   };
 
diff --git a/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.test.ts b/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.test.ts
index 09de8ef5f..cceead032 100644
--- a/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.test.ts
+++ b/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 
 const frame = {} as VideoFrame;
 const controller = {} as TransformStreamDefaultController<VideoFrame>;
+const stats = { processingTimeMs: 1, segmentationTimeMs: 1, filterTimeMs: 0 };
 
 describe("BackgroundEffectTransformer", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -48,9 +49,10 @@ describe("BackgroundEffectTransformer", () => {
   });
 
   it("reports the first frame carrying an effect, once", async () => {
+    // The library reports every frame it draws.
     vi.spyOn(BackgroundTransformer.prototype, "transform").mockImplementation(
       async function (this: BackgroundTransformer) {
-        this.isFirstFrame = false;
+        this.options.onFrameProcessed?.(stats);
         return Promise.resolve();
       },
     );
@@ -73,6 +75,37 @@ describe("BackgroundEffectTransformer", () => {
     expect(transformer.onFirstFrame).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("keeps reporting drawn frames to whoever asked", async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(BackgroundTransformer.prototype, "transform").mockImplementation(
+      async function (this: BackgroundTransformer) {
+        this.options.onFrameProcessed?.(stats);
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      },
+    );
+    const onFrameProcessed = vi.fn();
+    const transformer = new BackgroundEffectTransformer({ onFrameProcessed });
+
+    await transformer.transform(frame, controller);
+    expect(onFrameProcessed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(stats);
+  });
+
+  it("never sends the first frame on untouched", async () => {
+    // The library copies its first frame through untouched, ahead of the
+    // drawn one, unless told the first frame is past
+    const seen: boolean[] = [];
+    vi.spyOn(BackgroundTransformer.prototype, "transform").mockImplementation(
+      async function (this: BackgroundTransformer) {
+        seen.push(this.isFirstFrame);
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      },
+    );
+    const transformer = new BackgroundEffectTransformer({});
+    expect(transformer.isFirstFrame).toBe(true);
+
+    await transformer.transform(frame, controller);
+    expect(seen).toEqual([false]);
+  });
+
   it("passes frames on untouched once disabled, even after blurring", async () => {
     const transformer = new BackgroundEffectTransformer({});
     await transformer.update({ blurRadius: 15, backgroundDisabled: false });
diff --git a/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.ts b/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.ts
index 774251994..9c43b0648 100644
--- a/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/tracks/BackgroundEffectTransformer.ts
@@ -56,16 +56,30 @@ const wasmFileset: WasmFileset = {
 export class BackgroundEffectTransformer extends BackgroundTransformer {
   /** Called once, when the first frame carrying an effect has been drawn. */
   public onFirstFrame: (() => void) | undefined;
+  private drewAFrame = false;
+
+  public constructor(opts: BackgroundOptions) {
+    super(opts);
+    // Called by the library for a frame it drew, never for one it passed on
+    // untouched.
+    this.options.onFrameProcessed = (stats): void => {
+      opts.onFrameProcessed?.(stats);
+      if (this.drewAFrame) return;
+      this.drewAFrame = true;
+      this.onFirstFrame?.();
+    };
+  }
 
   public override async transform(
     frame: VideoFrame,
     controller: TransformStreamDefaultController<VideoFrame>,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const priming = this.isFirstFrame;
+    // For the first frame, the library enqueues the raw frame ahead of the
+    // processed one, so that the output shows something while the first
+    // segmentation runs. The raw frame is the room without the effect,
+    // so no frame is allowed to count as the first.
+    this.isFirstFrame = false;
     await super.transform(frame, controller);
-    // Cleared only once a frame has been through the segmenter; a frame
-    // passed through untouched leaves it set.
-    if (priming && !this.isFirstFrame) this.onFirstFrame?.();
   }
 
   /**